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program, was limited to emergency armaments for a 16-division army with a limited weapons stockpile. The goal was to be achieved by 1932 at a cost of 350 million Reichsmarks. The original plan for a 21-division army was rejected for economic reasons. The army received the lion's share; the navy received around 7 million Reichsmarks annually. The 350 million RM were covered in the budget by means of a secret fund with the full approval of all parties in the government. A State Secretaries' Committee was founded

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